swissinfo.ch and agencies, 5 March 2014
Four out of 100 young men in Switzerland suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – making the ailment almost as common among adults as it is with kids, says a Swiss study. Among children and adolescents in Switzerland, 6% are affected.
Researchers at the University of Zurich’s Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine surveyed 5,656 military recruits from all over the country. They found that many of those with ADHD had additional problems, such as depression, poor social skills and alcohol abuse. This is on top of the reduced attention spans, impulsive behaviour and hyperactivity that characterise ADHD.
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